What is CVE-2018-20859?

CVE-2018-20859 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Edx Edx-Platform, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 6.1/10. Published 2019-07-30.

How severe is CVE-2018-20859?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.1 out of 10.

XSS in Edx Edx-Platform

CVE-2018-20859

edx-platform before 2018-07-18 allows XSS via a response to a Chemical Equation advanced problem.

Vulnerability class: XSS (Cross-Site Scripting)

EPSS: 0.012 (65.1th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 6.1 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N.

Affected products

Edx Edx-platform
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-79 — Cross-site Scripting

References

cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_MISC)
cve@mitre.org (Patch, Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC)
cve@mitre.org (Patch, Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2018-20859?: CVE-2018-20859 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Edx Edx-Platform, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 6.1/10. Published 2019-07-30.
How severe is CVE-2018-20859?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.1 out of 10.